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SHARMA v. SHARMA

No. 55,063

8 Kan. App. 2d 726 (1983)

667 P.2d 395

NIRANJAN SHARMA, Appellee, v. MRIDULA NIRANJAN SHARMA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed August 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Bennett, Jr., of Bennett & Heaven, of Shawnee, for the appellant.

Lawrence C. Gates, of Overland Park, for the appellee.

Before FOTH, C.J., SPENCER and PARKS, JJ.

FOTH, C.J.:

The defendant, Mridula Niranjan Sharma, appeals from an order granting a divorce to her husband, Niranjan Sharma. The parties are citizens of India and Hindus of high caste. The wife contends that the order dissolving her marriage violates her constitutionally guaranteed right of free exercise of religion. She informs us that the Hindu religion does not recognize divorce, and that if she returns to India as a divorced woman, her family and friends will...

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